Experience the Living Word with Bishop David Walker
Sometimes the expectations, the busyness and last-minute pressures of Christmas can frazzle our nerves and undo our joyful intentions. About ten years ago a wonderful colleague and friend, Marty Scroope shared this prayer with me. This be the ideal prayer to pray just before we start cooking the turkey, glazing the ham, cutting the fruit,…
God never makes you suffer unnecessarily. He intends for your suffering to heal and purify you. The hand of God hurts you as little as it can. Anxiety brings suffering. Sometimes you are simply unwilling to suffer, and you end up resisting God’s work. If you put away all your restless longings and your anxiety,…
A number of years ago I read an inspiring reflection by Sr Hildegard Ryan OSB. It has stayed with me over the years because it gave me a sense of hope in the midst of suffering. She makes it clear that we are first called to evangelise ourselves and continue the process on a daily…
I went to a funeral of a colleague’s relative recently and there was the usual ritual of a Catholic service and an outpouring of grief from those close to the person who had died, and sympathy from others to support those who were grieving. During the service there was a reading from 1 Cor 15:…
As I walked with our faith community through the days of Lent with an eye on Easter, our journey’s climax, the idea of being an Easter People or People of the Resurrection confronted me and became even more confronting as I began to read Tomas Halik’s “The Afternoon of Christianity” and the Scripture Readings for…
I was busy preparing a presentation for a group of teachers based on Jesus’ core question; who do you say I am? As I was scrolling through my documents, I came upon this reflection written by our inspiring Australian scripture scholar, Fr Gerald O’Collins SJ. As I reread it I was captured by the words…
Ash Wednesday’s clear message is one of invitation to enter forty days of prayer, penance and almsgiving in preparation for our greatest feast day, Easter! In the early Church these forty days were a time of retreat for those about to be baptised.
Fr. John Frauenfelder shares with us a brief overview of the signs and symbols of Lent.
This would be ideal for Parish bulletins or school newsletters.
Background & spiritual tradition and Lent.
This series of talks is about “the way of perfection of St Teresa of Avila” while the focus of the talks is on this book other material from St Teresa’s works will be part of the talks.
St. Teresa of Ávila, also known as St. Teresa of Jesus, was a prominent Spanish mystic, theologian, and writer of the 16th century. She is best known for her contributions to Christian spirituality and her significant role in the Catholic Reformation. Here’s a brief history and description of her life and her work, “The Way of Perfection”